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BILL BLOG Monday July 7, 2025   Monday morning and I’m on the way home from Missouri to Nashville.   THE WEEKEND I made the 6-hour trip home to Missouri from Nashville Friday, and I stayed with a longtime friend, Dodge Raymer , who went with me to the two shows I had here in the Show Me State. Dodge has been part of my family for many years, and his wife, Dean , who passed a few years ago, was my manager when I was young, and a second Mom to me. We surely do miss her.   SATURDAY Dodge and I drove about an hour to reach the town of Louisiana, Missouri, which sits on the rolling Mississippi River and was the home of the first-ever Liberty Fest 4 th of July event in that town.   It was 4 th of July HOT for sure. Made me wish I had purchased one of these new solar-powered fan hats.   The city was honoring the memory of “Mo Mo” the Missouri Monster, the subject of my first recording in Nashville about that monster suppose...

BILL BLOG Thursday July 4, 2025    And a Happy 4 th of July Thursday to you all. I’ve got a guitar and a bag packed for a trip to Missouri for two shows this 4 th of July weekend.   And it’s going to be 4 th of July warm with temps in the mid-90s. I need a pair of air-conditioned jeans for my outdoor shows!   YESTERDAY It was a fairly quiet day at the Whyte House, outside of preparing for the road trip that I just mentioned. But I did quietly celebrate my wife Kathy’s birthday yesterday. I’ve been blessed to share a few with her.   I know, I know. I married way up.   And I happy that my wife is about to reap some rewards for her hard work writing her first ever book that is about to be released in just a couple or three short months and will be available worldwide. The best for her is yet to come.   SONG OF THE DAY I posted this song a few days ago, but with it being the 4 th of July, it seems appropr...

BILL BLOG Wednesday July 3, 2025    It’s the first Hump Day in July, and it’s the 4 th of July Eve. Let the fireworks begin.   Sunny with a high of 89 today, then up into the 90s for the holiday weekend. 4 th of July weather for sure.   YESTERDAY I wrote something really fun with Victoria Camp and Kennedy Scott yesterday, two of the female vocalists in the all-girl trio Three Times A Lady .   One of those song ideas that takes some pot shots at the boy that had the three of us laughing a lot as we were creating it.   Both girls do shows as solo artists, as well as doing shows with the trio. They recently did a residency for a couple of months over at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, singing songs of “The Trio” that featured Dolly , Emmylou, and Linda Ronstadt .   It was a fun day at the writing office for sure with those two.     SONG OF THE DAY And since I wrote with the “Three Times A Lady trio ...

BILL BLOG Tuesday July 2, 2025    Tuesday morning be here. We’ll have a high of 85 with some rain in Music City today.   YESTERDAY A fairly lazy day at the Whyte House yesterday, the first day of July. With no writing appointment, I worked on putting together a song list for the 2 shows I’ll have in Missouri this coming 4 th of July weekend. Just a 1-hour show this Sunday at Liberty Fest in Louisiana, Missouri.    Then a 2-hour show at the Florida Winery and Resort in Stoutsville, Missouri, on Sunday, July 6.     For complete details on those two shows, just go to the tour section here on my website.   UNREAL CHART NEWS Yesterday, to my complete amazement, I landed THREE gospel-bluegrass songs I helped write on the Christian Voice Magazine bluegrass-gospel chart, known as the CVM chart. Truly amazing.   Country Faith by Kristen Leigh Bearfield and Karen Peck Gooch is at #2. Written with Kristen an...